This spring, I’ll be partnering with Hollyhock, Canada’s lifelong learning centre, to lead a three-part program for people in Vancouver who want to grow their own food. Urban Garden Abundance will run Sunday afternoons (1pm-5pm) March 29, April 12 and April 26 at 163 West Hastings Street in the heart of Gastown. As urban food…

Can our small Vancouver backyard produce enough veggies for five people to eat, all year long? Some would say it’s impossible, but I’m going to try anyway. And I’m creating Abundant City to document the process. I’ve dreamed of gardening for as long as I can remember. In my mid-twenties, I coerced my roommates into…

About me

My name is Rebecca Cuttler and I’m passionate about growing vegetables in the city. I’m an urban gardening teacher for Hollyhock, Houzz.com contributor, writer for the Vancouver Observer, co-host of Fabulous Urban Gardens on Roundhouse Radio 98.3 and member of the Vancouver Food Policy Council. I grow a huge amount of vegetables on a small lot in Vancouver, B.C., and my mission is to share my love of urban food gardening with the world.